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2004 Back Issues

December 27, 2004/January 3, 2005
In Focus:
DNA Splicing Enzyme Observed in Action
Spotlight:
Happy Holidays to All from HMS
Student Scene:
First African-American Pediatrics Professor at HMS Asserts Value of Mentoring

December 20, 2004
In Focus:
Protein Reverses Chromatin Engineering
Spotlight:
Congratulations to Training Institute Grads
Student Scene:
U.S. Clothing Sizes May Cover Up Unnatural Concept of Body Size and Shape

December 13, 2004
In Focus:
Earliest Cancer Trials May Offer Lower Risk But Lower Benefit
Spotlight:
HMS Wins Wind Energy in Conservation Contest
Student Scene:
Community Celebrates a Child's First Laugh

December 6, 2004
In Focus:
Method Automates Capture of Cell Image Data
Spotlight:
New Exhibit on Library History Opens at Countway
Student Scene:
The All-But-Inevitable Flu Pandemic--and Steps to Arrest It

November 22 & 29, 2004
In Focus:
Neurons Use Noodle When Motoring
Spotlight:
Children's Opens Research Website
Student Scene:
The Cost of Overregulation
Upcoming:
World AIDS Day: Challenging the Crisis

November 15, 2004
In Focus:
Extended Shifts for Residents Called Risky for Patients
Spotlight:
Harvard Buildings Go Cold Turkey
Student Scene:
One Person, One Vote, One World
Upcoming:
Stem Cell Research: Science, Ethics, and Policy

November 8, 2004
In Focus:
Cellular Stress Appears to Link Obesity, Diabetes
Spotlight:
Hollis Albright Award Announced
Student Scene:
Med Ed Day Marks Progress of Curriculum Reform
Upcoming:
Windows on a Hidden World: Disease Modeling Symposium

November 1, 2004
In Focus:
Alzheimer's Plaques Reversed in Mice by Blocking Cholesterol Pathway
Spotlight:
Open-Access Journal for Neuroengineering Debuts on Web
Student Scene:
"Dr. Mom?"
Upcoming:
Windows on a Hidden World: Disease Modeling Symposium
Eighth Annual National Center for AIDS Research Symposium

October 25, 2004
In Focus:
Study Finds How Aspirin Dampens Inflammation
Spotlight:
Website Serves Latinos with Diabetes
Student Scene:
Long-term Care: Averting a Crisis
Upcoming:
12th Annual Ebert Community Service Day

October 18, 2004
In Focus:
Ion Channel Protein Is Likely Long-sought Key to Hearing
Spotlight:
Site Goes Live for HMS Residency Searches
Student Scene:
New Book Recognizes Achievement of African Americans at HMS

October 11, 2004
In Focus:
Mobilizing Cytokine Receptor Key Step in Defense Coordination
Spotlight:
Scholars Program Continues Growth in Junior Faculty Awards
Student Scene:
Escape from the Stereotype Trap
Upcoming:
Longwood Symphony Orchestra: Concert to Benefit Federman Professorship

October 4, 2004
In Focus:
Chemical Genetics Identifies New Way of Disrupting Cell's Protein Recycling System
Spotlight:
Martin Fills In Picture of Progress in State of the School Address
Student Scene:
HMS Revamps Program in Medical Education
Upcoming:
Human Disease Seminar Series: "The Challenges of Tropical Diseases"

September 27, 2004
In Focus:
Imaging Method Reveals Which Mice Develop Type 1 Diabetes
Spotlight:
Commission Reports Racial Disparities in the Health Professions
Student Scene:
Science in the News Opens Fall Series

September 20, 2004
In Focus:
Live-cell Studies Pick Up Pattern in Vesicle Traffic
Spotlight:
Multimillion-dollar Contract Backs Biodefense Proteomics
Student Scene:
U.S. Marketing Seen to Erode Breastfeeding Rates in Peru

September 13, 2004
In Focus:
Action Uncovered in Mutant Protein's Link to Nerve Cell Death in ALS
Spotlight:
Reception Celebrates Incoming Minority Students
Student Scene:
Students Orient Themselves Toward Medicine
Upcoming:
Fulfilling the Mission: Contemporary Disasters Follow No Rules

September 6, 2004
In Focus:
Huntington's Defects Manifest Far from Damaged Brain Tissue
Spotlight:
Outreach Opportunities Form First Lesson for Incoming Students
Student Scene:
White Coat Day: Students' First Step Toward Becoming Doctors

August 23 and 30, 2004
In Focus:
How Does Insurance Affect the Risk of Premature Death Among the Near-elderly?
Spotlight:
Project Success Brings Student Research to Light
Student Scene:
CDC Overhauls Organization, Centers on Preparedness and Prevention

August 9 and 16, 2004
In Focus:
Key Relay Protein Shapes Cancer Message
Spotlight:
Website Offers Education on Positive Aging
Student Scene:
Knipe to Lead Graduate Program in Virology

July 26 and August 2, 2004
In Focus:
Secrets of Brain Aging Revealed
Spotlight:
Presented Online, Method Brings Socioeconomic Data into Monitoring Health Disparities
Student Scene:
Can Lid Be Lifted on Clinical Trials?

July 12 and 19, 2004
In Focus:
HMS Alums Take On the Health Care Crisis
Spotlight:
Science and Math Draw Native High School Students to HMS
Student Scene:
Not a Formula for Success

June 28 and July 5, 2004
In Focus:
Class of '79 Details Illness in the Body Politic
Spotlight:
Center of Excellence in Genomic Science Awarded to HMS
Student Scene:
Notes on the Rez

June 21, 2004
In Focus:
Largest International Mental Health Survey Finds Widespread Illness, Checkered Treatment
Spotlight:
MD-PhD Dinner Honors Graduating Students
Student Scene:
Class Day on the Quad

June 14, 2004
In Focus:
Advanced Device to Probe Atomic Structures, Build Knowledge, Novel Therapies
Spotlight:
Mentoring Awards to Honor Key Leaders, Promote Leadership
Student Scene:
Borlaug Applies Science to Problems of the Poor

June 7, 2004
In Focus:
Study Adds Carbs to Immune Cell Menu
Upcoming:
The Small RNA Revolution: Biology, Technology, and Disease
Spotlight:
Creators of Antiviral Therapy Win 16th Annual Alpert Prize
Student Scene:
New Clerkship Takes Longer View of Clinical Care

May 31, 2004
In Focus:
Harvard Introduces Joint MD-MBA
Upcoming:
Alumni Week
Spotlight:
Town Forum to Be Held on Medical Ed Reform
Student Scene:
In Health Care, Do We Get What We Pay For?

May 24, 2004
In Focus:
Suppressor Cell Subset Crucial Against Autoimmunity
Upcoming:
51st Annual Kenneth D. Blackfan Lecture: The Future of Genomic Medicine
Spotlight:
Rare Images of HMS Available on Web
Student Scene:
Navigating Trade-offs in Health Care and Health Costs

May 17, 2004
In Focus:
Mutated Target Gives Potency to Lung Cancer Medication
Upcoming:
Aquaporin Water Channels: Blueprint for a Molecular Plumbing System
Spotlight:
Peabody Prevails in Longwood Olympics
Student Scene:
Breastfeeding Rights and Wrongs

May 10, 2004
In Focus:
Study Gets Handle on Papillomavirus Infection
Upcoming:
The 2004 Lawrence Lader Lecture on Family Planning and Reproductive Rights: RU486, Plan B, and the Pharmacological Revolution in Reproductive Rights; and A Conversation with Thomas Weller: Growing Pathogens in Tissue Cultures: Fifty Years in Academic Tropical Medicine, Pediatrics, and Virology
Spotlight:
A Personal Genome Project?
Student Scene:
On Becoming a Doctor--and a Mother

May 3, 2004
In Focus:
Curtain Drawn on Hormone Therapy for Older Women
Upcoming:
Challenges in Health Policy: A Panel with Michael Dukakis and Lessons from the Community: A Conference to Promote Partnerships for Environmental Health and Justice
Spotlight:
Alumni Week Program and Registration Available Online
Student Scene:
Fulfilling the Mission: Student Perspectives

April 26, 2004
In Focus:
Yeast Ramp Up Sugar Production to Survive Cold
Upcoming:
HMS Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies: Science Day
Spotlight:
Harvard Stem Cell Institute Holds Inaugural Symposium
Student Scene:
The Care of Clinical Research

April 19, 2004
In Focus:
Alzheimer's Study Maps Alternate Route to Disease
Upcoming:
The Robert H. Ebert Lecture: The Big Divide-Health Care Across the Cultures and Social Enterprise Faculty Presentation
Spotlight:
Hinton-Wright Society Takes New Name from Harold Amos
Student Scene:
The Mirror of Medical Training

April 12, 2004
In Focus:
Mutation Suggests Novel Signaling Mechanism in Brain Development
Upcoming:
27th Annual Erich Lindemann Memorial Lecture: Preparation for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism and Disaster
Spotlight:
HMS Again Takes Top Spot in U.S. News Rankings
Student Scene:
When It Comes to Drugs, Price Is Not the Real Problem

April 5, 2004
In Focus:
Receptors Discovered that Direct Rod Cell Development
Upcoming:
Fourth Annual J. Worth Estes, MD History of Medicine Lecture: Noah Webster: Epidemiologist Revisited
Spotlight:
Deadline Extended for Dean's Community Service Awards
Student Scene:
Visa Woes Threaten Conduct of Science

March 29, 2004
In Focus:
Angiogenesis Inhibitors Revived, Revealed in Progress Against Cancer
Upcoming:
Electronic Site Licenses to Academic Journals: A Boon for Whom?
Spotlight:
Postdoc Association Holds Inaugural Event
Student Scene:
Medical Records Hit Slow Going from Paper Trail to Digital Highway

March 22, 2004
In Focus:
Ovaries Exhibit Ongoing Power to Produce Eggs
Upcoming:
Bug Alert: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Spotlight:
Finalists Named for International Teaching Award, Votes on Candidates Invited
Student Scene:
Fourth-years Make Their Matches, Favor Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

March 15, 2004
In Focus:
Study Finds Regulated Transcription of Novel RNAs
Upcoming:
New Genomes Resources at the National Center for Biotechnoloy Information
Spotlight:
Charity Ball Supports Research Fellowship in Pediatric Oncology
Student Scene:
Letting Nurses Take the Lead in Teaching Hands-on Care

March 8, 2004
In Focus:
Old-line Antibiotic Saves Neurons After Spinal Cord Trauma
Upcoming:
Ecological Design of Buildings and Communities
Spotlight:
2004 Longwood Seminars Continue Through April
Student Scene:
The New Health Care Reform Diet--Less Pork, More Pie, Slimmer Waste

March 1, 2004
In Focus:
Fatty-acid Imbalance May Boost Inflammation in CF
Upcoming:
Moving Drugs Forward: Reaching the Patient
Science Based Solutions to Obesity: What Is the Role of Academia, Government, and Industry?
Spotlight:
Academy Honors 75 New Members
Student Scene:
House Fire Exposes Gaps in Care

February 23, 2004
In Focus:
Enzyme Mends Fibers that Give Stretch to Tissues
Upcoming:
Moving Drugs Forward: Reaching the Patient
Spotlight:
Nominations Sought for Annual Mentoring Awards
Student Scene:
Students Get Face to Face with Massachusetts Voters

February 16, 2004
In Focus:
Early Step in Protein Folding Revealed by Bacterial Mutant
Upcoming:
Fulfilling the Mission
Image: From the Inside Out
Spotlight:
Division of Medical Ethics Invites Student Essays for Beecher Prize
Student Scene:
Teaching Medicine Through Student Self-reflection

February 9, 2004
In Focus:
One-way Calcium Channel Pinpointed Within the Cell
Upcoming:
The Ethics of Immigration
Energy Use and Human Health
Spotlight:
Kingston Takes Reins of BBS PhD Program
Student Scene:
Cremaster and Commander: The Inner Side of the Thigh

February 2, 2004
In Focus:
Mechanism Found for Rare Vision Defect
Upcoming:
Transforming Unequal Treatment into Quality Care: A New Approach to Health Care Disparities
Spotlight:
Book Drive Begins for Students in Africa
Student Scene:
Cremaster and Commander: The Inner Side of the Thigh

January 26, 2004
In Focus:
Live T Cell Action in Lymph Nodes: Dating, Mating, Procreating
Upcoming:
Scientific Challenges in Determining Acupuncture Efficacy and Mechanisms
Spotlight:
Reflection in Action: Building Healthy Communities
Student Scene:
Medicare Drug Benefit May Unsettle Some Stomachs

January 19, 2004
In Focus:
Protein-conducting Channel Debuts in Crystal Structure
Upcoming:
Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine
Spotlight:
Cremaster and Commander: The Inner Side of the Thigh
Student Scene:
Toward Redistributing Health Care Costs

January 12, 2004
In Focus:
Drugs Thwart Anthrax Toxin by Protecting Key Pathway
Upcoming:
Symposium on the Science of Learning: Implications for Medical Education from the Neurosciences and the Social Sciences
Spotlight:
Milestone Series to Explore Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Student Scene:
Physicians Lead Sexual Health Education in Chile

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